TravFest26

What's on Fri 31 Jul - Sun 30 Aug

About

TravFest26 brings together work by emerging, mid‑career and internationally acclaimed playwrights, affirming the Traverse’s role as Scotland’s national new writing company and a place where bold ideas and voices begin, are nurtured and are celebrated.

This year’s programme brings together a powerful range of female voices: stories grappling with grief and faith, autonomy and morality, motherhood and ecology, ambition and identity, misogyny and moral courage. Across its two in-house stages, the Traverse presents work rooted in lived experience but resonant with audiences across Scotland and far beyond.

Explore the programme below.

The Traverse Theatre is funded by Creative Scotland and The City of Edinburgh Council.

List of Events, 12 per page.

  1. To Be A Bat

    TravFest26 by Ellen Ritchie, directed by Gareth Nicholls

    Fri 21 Aug & Thu 1 Oct

    A sharp new play about intimacy, memory and the limitations of empathy in a hyperconnected world.

    Info / Book
  2. Foil - A new play by Jack MacGregor

    TravFest26 by Jack MacGregor, directed by Gareth Nicholls

    Mon 24 Aug, 4pm

    A reading of a new play by Jack MacGregor.

    Info / Book
  3. Climate Storytelling for Theatre

    TravFest26

    Tue 25 Aug, 10:30am

    What makes an impactful climate play? What environmental stories are missing on stage? And how can we create a groundswell of great climate theatre?

    Info / Book